Welcome
Welcome to the Duck Mountain Nordic Club(formerly the Kamsack Ski Club). We provide 54 km of trail in the boreal forest of Duck Mtn. Provincial Park. Trail fall and shelter maintenance along with grooming are a collaboration of Park and club volunteers. The majority of the trails are tracked for classic skiing but we endeavour to add a skate lane to the Golf course and Firetower loop. We add a skate lane to the Rundle loop for the loppet. Seargent Lake and Moose lake are wide enough and skateable if you so choose. The back country trails are hilly and test one’s fitness and technical skills. In addition to the Log Inn shelter at the parking lot there are 5 shelters: Jack Rabbit, Ski Hill, Rundle Lake, Tamarack and Moose Lake. The trail from Tamarack shelter, south, has recently been widened to the downhill ski chalet where you can have a lunch. Of course it is uphill home from there! Snowshoers are welcome but encouraged to stay off the groomed trails. Walkers are discouraged as the footprints leave deep holes that damage the trails for skiers. All users of the trails, both in winter and summer, are encouraged to join the club as funding is based on membership numbers. This funding allows us to maintain and make improvements to our trail system. Of course VOLUNTEERS are appreciated and guaranteed to get some extra “Trail Karma”!
Big Snow = Big Work
Cross Country Trail Preparation
Huge shout out to Les Schmidt and Steven Kurenoff. They put in 5 hours and 50km of sled miles packing the trails in order to get the base to freeze so as to provide a good foundation for solid and a long lasting trail season. They also cleared 7 big trees but had to leave others that were frozen and too large. There was way more snow in the bush 18+ inches.Much more work to do. Volunteers appreciated?!Cross Country Trail Preparation Huge shout out to Les Schmidt and Steven Kurenoff. They put in 5 hours and 50km of sled miles packing the trails in order to get the base to freeze so as to provide a good foundation for solid and a long lasting trail season. They also cleared 7 big trees but had to leave others that w [Read More]
News and Membership
AGM 2024
Nov. 4 Monday 7 p.m. at the Rec Hall is the 2024 AGM.
Saskpark operational changes the past year has led to the club not being able to use the park grooming sleds including for the Loppet. We have been supplementng the Park's grooming the past several years and have always groomed for our 40plus years of the Loppet. Thus a lot of discussions ensued as to the fate of the club. We wanted to stay involved in the trail management. Thus the club was able to source out a used Skidoo Skandic(workhorse)snowmobile and a roller. This will allow us to continue to help provide quality trails especially for the Loppet. We reached a detailed agreement with Saskparks regarding a collaborative effort in managing the trial system.
If you did not receive an email [Read More]
Done Deal
That's a wrap!! The snowmobile trails were well packed/smooth lately to get in a last skate ski.Even though we got out to a slow start, some didn't even get going, we had good snow for the year and two significant March snow falls extended the season. The Loppet had a good turnout considering many didn't even get skis on this year. -28C last year and 3C this year(bit too warm) yet the same number of participants! Membership was down this year likely due to early season lack of snow. Nevertheless, there was a significant amount of trail traffic. Thank you to the many that did make a trail donation!There was a change in Park management and approach to trail grooming. As such the club didn't do any of the track setting this year except for the loppet. We continue to work with the Park t [Read More]
43rd Duck Mountain Loppet Reports Another Successful Event
The Loppet organizing committee, chaired by Kevin Sutton, President of the
Duck Mountain Nordic Club, is happy to report another successful loppet is in the
books. Temperatures cooperated with balmy conditions ranging from -6 in the
morning to +2 in the afternoon. Although the trails were getting a bit soft this
certainly was more pleasant than the -28 temperature we had last year. With
roughly the same number of skiers as last year, this suggests that temperature is
not a limiting factor. Ski distances ranged from 3Km to 40Km, with a hotdog and
marshmallow roast at Jackrabbit Junction. Skiers ranged in age from a young 80
year old to a younger 4 year old! Of interest is there [Read More]
Donation
As a user of the trails and shelters please consider a donation as we have no trail fees. This will allow us to continue to fix and upgrade the facilities to improve your experience.
eTransfer to: duckmtnnordicclub@gmail.com
